DODOMA: THE government has taken various measures to control the increasing water hyacinth, in Lake Victoria, including ...

Hartbeespoort Dam is so polluted that a hyacinth mat covers the surface, making it dangerous for boaters and harming the ...

When he does, he can lose his nets underneath the floating weed, incurring costs while preventing him from earning that day. Water hyacinths also cover the surface, cutting off sunlight ...

But the water hyacinth is classed as an invasive species - and is considered a weed in some parts of the world - so would need to be used in purpose-built lagoons. The findings have been published ...

On Lake Naivasha, Kenya, fishermen face growing challenges due to the invasive water hyacinth. After one group says they spent over 18 hours entangled by the weed, they've lamented its impact on their ...

The Hartbeespoort Dam used to be brimming with people enjoying scenic landscapes and recreational watersports. Now the dam is covered in an invasive weed. View of boats stuck in a sea with invasive ...

4. Verify successful establishment of the biological control agents. 5. Verify that biological control can be integrated with aquatic weed control with herbicides and mechanical removal to reduce the ...

No one's sure how the South American water hyacinth invaded Africa's Lake Victoria but there's little doubt as to the damages it has caused. In 1989, the weed was spotted in the lake and seven ...

the Kochi Water Metro is now planning to procure a weed harvester to clear the sprawling mats of water hyacinth that clog its routes like Vyttila-Kakkanad and High Court-Fort Kochi sections.

Last year, the weed covered more than 12,000 hectares of the water body and trapped several fishermen in the middle of the lake as authorities struggled to rescue them. A water hyacinth shredding ...